Solitude, loneliness, being alone… these are particles of existence that I have been struggling with lately. I often have had difficulty with time alone. It wasn’t so much being by myself as it was the lack of companionship. There were many years as a teen and young man that I did not have this companion in my life. I was very alone in the world. Then I transformed that energy in to something else… solitude. When one secludes themselves away from the world they can transform that process of being alone in to a process of inward reflection and self-realization. In this place… I realized that what I was ready for was companionship and partnership. Each time I have attempted this partnership I have grown immensely, but each time I have also not succeeded. I find myself not only alone, but left with an immense feeling of loneliness. This loneliness, I have thought, was being alone. Now this loneliness is the longing for the companionship that I desire so much. It is more of an absence, than it is a presence.

Posted from Olympia, Washington, United States.

These shots were taken as part of a school project at Shoreline Community College. I’m a big fan of Urban Decay photography. These were both shot on tripods with a Canon DSLR from school. The one with an orange-tint is an HDR Merge. I believe I shot these around February of 2009.

Posted from Seattle, Washington, United States.

This set was shot on an afternoon stroll through TESC woods and down to the beach. On all of these images I used a HDR process.

Posted from Olympia, Washington, United States.

This was part of an assignment in my beginning black and white photography class. These shots are at various location in Seattle. These are original scans from the negatives, no correction has taken place.

Posted from Seattle, Washington, United States.

This is the Yuuhai (evening ceremony) led by Rev. Lawrence Koichi Barrish, Guji of Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America and Kannagara Aikido Soke.

Posted from Granite Falls, Washington, United States.